Westbury, NY 11802 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Westbury, NY, ZIP 11802
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 224 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Westbury in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Westbury has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Westbury's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Westbury compares
About 224 days separate Westbury's last and first frost, putting it 11,779 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 159 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Westbury can differ from the 11802 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Westbury's frost date answer different questions.